Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 13 | |
| 1970 | 12 | |
| 1971 | 7 | |
| 1972 | 5 | |
| 1973 | 3 | |
| 1974 | 2 | |
| 1975 | 2 | |
| 1976 | 4 | |
| 1977 | 5 | |
| 1978 | 4 | |
| 1979 | 3 | |
| 1980 | 2 | |
| 1981 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why George Foreman ranks #19 in Boxing
George Foreman ranks 19th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 203rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 88, Longevity 92, Honours 82, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Boxing reference universe of 267 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1967–1997 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1969, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles 3, olympic golds 1, career wins 76, knockouts 68.
Immediately ahead sits Sugar Ray Leonard on 88.2, a gap of 2.4 points. Directly behind is Katie Taylor on 87.2. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
George Foreman GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Foreman stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1969. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 30 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Foreman comparisons
George Foreman — frequently asked
- Is George Foreman the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. George Foreman ranks 19th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 85.8, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is George Foreman's GOAT Score?
- 85.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does George Foreman rank all time?
- 203rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 19th within Boxing.
- George Foreman vs Sugar Ray Leonard: who ranks higher?
- Sugar Ray Leonard, on 88.2 against George Foreman's 85.8 — a margin of 2.4 points.